Music lessons for beginners.

Learn music theory,
tuning, and rhythm.

Learn to read sheet music, count rhythms, build scales and chords, train your ear, and tune your instrument. Explore 100 illustrated lessons with worked examples and short practice exercises.

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New to music?

Three good places to begin.

No need to learn everything at once. Start with a note, a pulse, or a chord.

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Eight focused sections. Practical examples, original diagrams, and room to go at your own pace.

01 / 16 lessons

How to read music

Learn to read sheet music with lessons on treble and bass clefs, note values, rests, accidentals, and key signatures. Start with the musical alphabet.

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02 / 16 lessons

Rhythm and timing

Learn rhythm and timing with lessons on BPM, time signatures, eighth notes, triplets, and syncopation. Apply each idea with a metronome exercise.

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03 / 14 lessons

Music scales and keys

Learn major, minor, pentatonic, and blues scales. Build step patterns, read the circle of fifths, and connect scale degrees to musical keys.

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04 / 12 lessons

Chords and harmony

Learn chord construction, inversions, seventh chords, and Roman numerals. Practice common chord progressions and follow the notes between chords.

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05 / 9 lessons

Ear training exercises

Practice ear training with pitch matching, interval comparisons, chord recognition, and melody transcription. Try a short listening or singing exercise.

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06 / 11 lessons

Instrument tuning guides

Find tuning notes for bass, ukulele, violin, and mandolin. Learn to read a chromatic tuner, check octaves, and understand pitch references and cents.

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07 / 20 lessons

Guitar tuning and fretboard notes

Learn standard and alternate guitar tunings with note charts and diagrams. Tune by ear, read fretboard notes, and troubleshoot tuning or intonation.

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